Crew

Rebecca Maddalo – Director

Rebecca is a Harvard filmmaking graduate and local filmmaker who likes exploring how to tell stories in as many different ways as possible. She has experience working within a range of storytelling genres, from documentary work to interview-based pieces to silent 16mm film to traditional narrative stories. She currently associate produces ASquaredFilm’s THE GUYS NEXT DOOR. Her first crowdfunded effort, BURNING, is her exploration of how time and chronology can be altered to tell a story in a nontraditional way. Using flashbacks that intercut a single evening in the main character’s life, it plays with how information is revealed and what that does to the audience’s perception of the characters. To learn more about her, visit www.RebMadPictures.squarespace.com or see her Facebook page.

Amanda McGrady – Director of Photography

Amanda has been shooting since the days of MiniDV tapes. Her first projects were horror flicks starring her high school classmates. Even though she came up in the digital world, Amanda covets every opportunity to work with 16mm and 35mm film. In 2010 she earned a B.A. from Emerson College with a concentration in Cinematography. Upon graduating she worked as a technician and engineer at RULE BOSTON CAMERA and lensed the award winning short film PHIL’S BUTTS. After years of shooting shorts, docs, and sports coverage she entered the feature film world with the fantasy film THE GATHERING STORM and made a return to her roots with the horror comedy CHAINSAW MAIDENS. To see her reel, visit www.amandajoymcgrady.com

Michael Chambers – Composer

Michael Chambers graduated from Berklee College of Music where he studied composition and film scoring. Since relocating to Los Angeles he has provided music for advertisements, short films, and a web series. He has also been a producer and recording engineer for bands such as Avi Buffalo, Clay Borrell, and Finch. Michael currently works as an assistant to renowned composer David Kitay. To learn more about his work, visit www.michaelchambersmusic.com

Chris Masterson – 1st AC

Chris Masterson is an aspiring DP, AC, and gaffer who’s always happy to take on any role on a film set. A recent graduate of the Harvard VES program, Chris has worked on over 30 student, low-budget, and independent films in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. He currently works full time as an editor at a small software company in Boston while also taking on freelance projects on the weekends. He’s incredibly excited to get back on set with BURNING. To see examples of his work, visit www.chrismastersonfilm.com

Alec Roy – Gaffer

Alec Roy graduated from Fitchburg State University in 2012 with a bachelors in Communications Media concentration in Film. Since then he has worked at Talamas Digital Cinema Rentals as a video tech and moved onto freelance grip/electric and camera work. Most recently he has been gaffing corporate videos and short films and works as an electric on independent feature length films. As Rebecca Maddalo’s short film’s Gaffer, he strives to bring to the table anything he can to make BURNING one of the year’s top short films in the Boston area.

Casey Preston – Sound Recordist

Casey Preston is a Boston based videographer and performer.  After abandoning his career as an engineer, he now supports himself primarily through educational theater and as a freelance videographer and actor.  Since completing the digital filmmaking program at the Center for Digital Imaging Arts, Casey works primarily on independent film and new media, such as the  award winning web-series “Holding”, as well corporate and event videography.  As a filmmaker, his experience ranges from director of photography, to location sound, to actor, to editor, but whatever his role, his goal is that the audience will connect with what they see and hear.